Dr. Amon Kalkin

Zero State is a movement for positive social change through technology.

They’re a grass-roots world community pursuing smart, compassionate
solutions to problems, and improving the human condition.

Personal transformative technologies they pursue include life extension
and cognitive & physical enhancement. Social projects include
accelerating change, basic income, meshnets, and bitcoin; while
lifestyle
initiatives explore areas such as the arts, spirituality, fashion, and
culture.

Their goal is the establishment of a trans-national, virtual state
— the Zero State.

Amon is a cognitive scientist and electronic artist based in
London.

As a research psychologist at University College London he studies
conscious awareness in decision making and artificial intelligence. His
artistic work is primarily in design and electronic music, and he is the
founder of industrial/electronic band
Xykogen — a prominent group
within the UK FuturePunk scene.

Amon earned his
BSc & MSc (1st class Hons) in Cognitive Science at the
University of Canterbury in 1996 and his D.Phil. in Cognitive
Science at the University of Sussex in 2001.